Sentence examples for pledges were made from inspiring English sources

Pledges were made and initiatives set up.

Such pledges were made for ASBOs and control orders.

Pledges were made to mobilise $100bn£65bnbn) of new funding a year by 2020.

In total, over 189,000 individual and organisational pledges were made.

Pledges were made and broken; the Russians were "lied to" by their western partners; security guarantees were breached.

The biggest pledges were made by the US government and the World Bank, followed by the UK.

The responsibility deal will now be reduced to "pledges" being made by drinks manufacturers and retailers, including supermarkets.

Pledges are made to pour millions of euros into improving estates, but this really misses the point.

"No matter what pledges are made here in Copenhagen, global emissions cannot be cut without widespread deployment of clean energy technologies," said Paul W. Bledsoe, a spokesman with the D.C.-based National Commission on Energy Policy.

They are particularly encouraged by the joint commitments to curb emissions made by China and the US and by the pledges being made by cities and businesses around the world to become greener.

Governments need a clear action plan virg.in/YrKRI — richardbranson (@richardbranson) June 20 , 2012The organizers and some activists took some solace in agreements and pledges being made on the sidelines of the official meeting.